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Red Hat update for gzip
Secunia Advisory: SA15682
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Release Date: 2005-06-14
Popularity: 8,253 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 for Itanium
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for gzip. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to extract files to arbitrary directories on a user's system.

For more information:
SA15047

This also fixes a race condition when setting file permissions and an input validation error in the zgrep utility.

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[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]


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